Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Impressions of America & Being Bilingual
You may have noticed in other Brashear recordings that many of our After School students are international.
This week we continued our round table discussions while embracing that international perspective. Radio club members in Block 1 talked about their first impressions of America as compared to their countries of origin, while Block 3 conversed about the benefits and challenges of becoming/being bilingual.
Fox Chapel Area School District: Creativity & Literacy Program – Fall 2014
In Fall of 2014, SLB Radio Productions, Inc., in partnership with the Fox Chapel Area School District Creativity and Literacy Program convened a group of nine Pre-K students and their caregivers to learn about and explore the technology used to make audio recordings for radio, While practicing their ability to express themselves. Students wrote and illustrated books about their lives containing pages about their families, their favorite books, why it’s important to read and even their expertise on how to do things – from giving a dog a snack, to eating a fruit snack or going to the pool.
Crossing Fences: East Liberty
East Liberty Voices features first-person reflections from eleven men as collected by ten boys. Project activities were conducted in collaboration with The Kingsley Association.
Crossing Fences: Sto-Rox
Sto-Rox Voices features first-person reflections from ten men as collected by nineteen boys. Project activities were conducted in collaboration with Focus on Renewal.
Pittsburgh King After School: Christmas & My School
Our After School group at King wrote and recorded what they plan to do for Christmas as well as their hopes for the New Year. It seems like tree houses are going to be big in 2015! Due to a field trip not everyone got a chance to record but check back soon for everyone’s individual pieces.
At the end of our session, students discussed what they like about their school and some things they might want to change.